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Vietnam's police have charged four individuals including three jewellery shop owners in connection with an expanding investigation into a sophisticated cross-border diamond smuggling operation allegedly orchestrated from Hong Kong by Indian nationals.
Ho Chi Minh City police have dismantled criminal networks that smuggled foreign nationals into Vietnam to operate online fraud schemes, arresting 26 suspects and seizing hundreds of devices during coordinated raids.
A domestic violence incident in Vietnam's Bac Ninh Province has claimed four lives, including two children aged six and ten. The perpetrator allegedly killed his girlfriend before taking his own life, while a fifth person was injured.
Vietnamese authorities have charged two women for orchestrating a US$13 million smuggling operation involving frozen chicken feet imported from countries with active poultry diseases, then illegally distributed across Vietnam's domestic market.
Vietnamese authorities have broken up a criminal network stealing cats for meat consumption, resulting in the recovery of more than 400 live animals. Nine arrests were made following investigations into widespread pet thefts across southern Vietnam.